We often talk about the world as if it’s a single, shared thing—but in practice, each of us lives inside a world we’ve constructed ourselves.
In this reflection, I explore how attention, values, and experience shape our sense of reality—from local political battles to global wars, from social movements to family life. Drawing on philosophy, journalism, and personal observation, I ask what it really means to choose a world worth committing to—and how we know when it’s time to let it go.
This piece is less about answers and more about the question itself: what is your world, and why?
